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symbol
Noun
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A symbol is a letter or simple picture with a particular meaning.
Most language now use the same set of symbols to represent numbers.
These symbols represent the phone's various functions.
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A symbol is a person or object that represents a group or idea.
These dead trees have become a symbol of pollution.
After a long, cold winter flowers are a symbol of hope for the new season.
map
Noun
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A map is an image of a place, usually with place names written in.
I think we're lost. Do you have a map?
I've got a good street map of London.
map
Verb
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If you map something, you create a visual representation of it.
John mapped out his idea so that his friends could understand it.